%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-326X
%I JMIR Publications
%V 9
%N 
%P e50536
%T Exploring Public Sentiment on the Repurposing of Ivermectin for COVID-19 Treatment: Cross-Sectional Study Using Twitter Data
%A Kautsar,Angga Prawira
%A Sinuraya,Rano Kurnia
%A van der Schans,Jurjen
%A Postma,Maarten Jacobus
%A Suwantika,Auliya A
%+ Unit of Global Health, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands, 31 0503611111, angga.prawira@unpad.ac.id
%K COVID-19
%K ivermectin
%K sentiment analysis
%K Twitter
%K social media
%K public health
%K misinformation
%K geolocation analysis
%D 2025
%7 27.3.2025
%9 Research Letter
%J JMIR Form Res
%G English
%X A sentiment analysis of 5051 Twitter posts from January 2022 found that 53.4% of them expressed positive views on ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, 35.6% of them were neutral, and 11% of them were negative, highlighting the polarized public perception and the need for careful interpretation of social media data in health communication.
%R 10.2196/50536
%U https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e50536
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/50536